On the whole, average weekly hours are far below their pre-recession level.

整体而言，周平均工作时间比起衰退前大幅下滑。

youdao

Over the same period, the average working mother reduced her weekly housework load by two hours.

而在这一时期内，普通职业妈妈每周料理家务的时间则减少了两小时。

youdao

Facebook-using participants also admit to a much lower average number of weekly study hours, 1 to 5 hours a week compared to 11 to 15 for the higher-scoring bunch.

另外使用Facebook的受访者也承认他们每周的平均学习时间要少很多，每周只有1～5个小时，相比之下，那些分数高的学生每周学习上花的时间是11到15个小时。

youdao

They forecast average weekly hours to tick down to 34.3 (from 34.4 in October).

FORBES: Don't Worry About Hurricane Sandy, November Jobs Number To Hit 145k, Nomura Says

The figure for average weekly hours worked is still dropping slightly, indicating further slack in the labour market.

ECONOMIST: Grounds for cautious optimism about America's economy

Average weekly hours of work did not decline more than in previous bad recessions and have begun to increase.

FORBES: America's Two Economies